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  • A Spring Card with Petal Parade

    Have you ever noticed how some stamp sets look completely BLAH in the catalog but then you see it stamped a few different ways and you realize it is actually a great set?  That happened to me last year with the Oh, Hello stamp set and now in the new Sale-a-Bration Catalog, the Petal Parade stamp set is very easy to look over, yet it makes really cute cards!

    See?

    I love how bright and happy this card is.  All of the stamped images (except for the words) come from the Petal Parade stamp set. I just mixed in some Baked Brown Sugar cardstock, some Strawberry Slush ruffled ribbon, and the sentiment from the Happy Day stamp set.  Done!

    Yes, all of the images you see are stamped.  Smile

    I was flattered when my neighbor told me it looked like the paper came with those flower images printed on!

    Also out today – new Weekly Deals!

    Just a reminder that it is Tuesday which means we have new weekly deals available.  Here is what is up for 2/3 – 2/9:

    Weekly Deals Feb 3 to 9

    Order any of these discounted items online here

     

    And now I’m reminded to go off an play with my Simply Pressed Clay and Canvas Creations. Smile  Until next time!

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    Stampin’ Supplies Used

    Stamps – Happy Day, Petal Parade (free as part of Sale-a-Bration)
    Ink – Strawberry Slush, Pool Party, Pistachio Pudding, Baked Brown Sugar
    Paper – Whisper White, Baked Brown Sugar
    Accessories – Snail, Strawberry Slush strech ruffle ribbon

  • Spring Birthday Card with Six-Sided Sampler

    Today I wanted to share with you a fabulous card I received this month as a swap card from fellow stamper, Stacey Lane!  She joined my Fun n’ Crafty stampers last fall and creates the most amazing cards!  Seriously, I need to start attending her classes. Smile 

    But each month our group does a swap where you send one or two cards to other folks in the group and get a couple ideas back your way.  This is the card she sent me this month:

    Isn’t it fantastic?

    So, here is the awesome part… see that patterned background?  That isn’t designer paper – THAT IS STAMPED!!

    She used the Six-Sided Stamper stamp set and hexagon punch to make this card.

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    Now, it seems like a lot, but the nice thing is that if you stamp and punch a bunch of random hexagon images, you can glue them down to a larger piece of paper – say a 5.5” x 8.5” piece of scrap paper and then cut it up to create a background for multiple cards.

    I also love some of the touches she added like

    • Sponging the hexagons in Smoky Slate, which really softens the look of the card
    • Embossing the banner with the Decorative Dots embossing folder (free with an order as part of Sale-a-Bration)
    • Using a toothpick to create a dimensional stick for the banner
    • Using Pool Party core’dinations cardstock for a textured mat behind her stamped background.

    So, now it is time for me to break out this stamp set again and try it out in a non-masculine style (which is what I normally think of with this set. 

     

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      Stampin’ Supplies Used

    Stamps – Six Sided Sampler, Simply Sketched (hostess set)
    Ink – So Saffron, Pool Party, Smoky Slate
    Paper – Whisper White, Pool Party Core’dinations cardstock (subtles collection), Smoky Slate
    Accessories – Hexagon Punch, Big Shot, Decorative Dots embossing folder (sale-a-bration), Stampin’ Dimensionals

  • Sale-a-Bration KickOff Cards–Sweet Sorbet, Banners, & More

    You may have noticed that earlier this week, was the start of Stampin’ Up’s big spring promotion – Sale-a-Bration.  It is a really fun promotion that basically gets you free stuff no matter what you do!  You can

    So yeah, basically everyone wins!

    Anyway, I always like to throw a party when a new catalog comes out and at the beginning of Sale-a-bration.  It is a great excuse to hang out with friends, share samples I go at recent events, let everyone see and try out a TON of new products from the Occasions and Sale-a-bration catalogs, and STAMP!  (what kind of party would it be if there was no stamping? Winking smile )

    Wanna see what we made?  Here you go!

    This was the first card we made and inspired loosely by a card I saw from a German demonstrator named Ines.

    I’ll admit, when I saw Petal Parade in the Sale-a-bration catalog it looked a little boring to me, but let me just say I have been having a blast playing with it and think it may be my favorite stamp set from SAB!  Plus, got to add in that little detail with the cork and the twine from the Sweet Sorbet Accessories bundle.

    Stampin’ Up Supplies Used
    Stamps – Petal Parade (SAB), Perfect Pennants
    Ink – Summer Starfruit, Baked Brown Sugar, Pool Party, Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Canteloupe
    Paper – Whisper White, Baked Brown Sugar, Pool Party
    Accessories – Sweet Sorbet Accessories – Crisp Canteloupe twine & cork stickers (SAB)

    I also really wanted to use the Banner Blast stamp set and Banner punch and so we made this card:

    This card is a more direct CASE from my friend and look-alike, Julie Davison.  I made a few adjustments like changing up the sentiment, making it a standard size card, and using the Decorative Dots embossing folder for the starfruit trim.

    So cute, huh?!

    Stampin’ Supplies Used
    Stamps – Banner Blast (SAB), Sweet Essentials
    Ink – Pool Party, Basic Black, Summer Starfruit, Crisp Cantaloupe
    Paper – Sweet Sorbet designer paper (SAB), Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White, Summer Starfruit
    Accessories – Banner punch (SAB), Big Shot, Decorative Dots embossing folder (SAB), stampin’ dimensionals

    The girls who made it to the party enjoyed them and hopefully they give you some ideas to try when you order and get your free Sale-a-Bration goodies too!

     

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  • Button Buddies Flower Fun

    I know we are in fall time and so a lot of the projects are rich colors and holiday themes, so I hope you don’t mind me going off in a completely different direction with this bright and cheery card!

    This was one of my “scraps” cards.  As in, I have a terrible time throwing in my recycling bin any stamped scraps, embossed papers, or other rejects from working on one card that I just know could be used on another card later.  But then those half used papers pile up and I start to go a little bit crazy.   So, I’ve been trying to periodically make a card mostly or completely out of scraps I have left over.

    So, first I had these flowers from when I was trying to pick a pink color for a different card.  Turns out they go great with a homemade glitter brad I created for a Crystal Effects class.  (That is a Cameo Coral In Color brad that has been covered in Crystal Effects and dipped in Dazzling Diamonds glitter!)

     

    I had left over Wisteria Wonder cardstock that had been embossed with the stripes going the wrong way for a card I was prepping for a class one time and so it worked perfectly here.  And then I decided to break out my FAVORITE paper right now – Early Espresso Coordinations cardstock.  If this paper doesn’t stick around after the Holiday Catalog I will be (1) surprised and (2) so very very sad!

    I ran a scrap through the Woodgrain embossing folder and my Big Shot and then punched out a Modern Label punch to use as a mat behind my sentiment punched out with the Word Window punch.

    I really was happy with how the card turned out AND the fact that I used up a number of scraps!  It still doesn’t put too much of a dent into my scrap pile, but it’s a start!

     

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    Button Buddies Flower Thank you Recipe
    Stamps:     Button Buddies, Teeny Tiny Wishes
    Ink: Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive
    Paper: Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White, Early Espresso core’dinations cardstock
    Accessories: Big Shot, Stripes embossing folder, Woodgrain embossing folder, Sanding block, In color printed brad, Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, Stampin’ Dimensionals